Yesterday we went on a cruise on the Li River for four hours. The scenary was pretty amazing how ever the sky was very hazy and cloudy so we couldn't see very far. Went to a small town called Yangshao which was interesting. We went for a walk at night and saw the pagodas lit up. It felt surprisingly safe wandering around late at night with kids out and much happening. We had dinner at a very busy restaurant at midnight where they spoke no english. Smoking i...

We arrived safe and sound in Guilin. Met our guide and driver for the next two days. Checked out the main centre of Guilin and saw the pagodas in the picture (but it was daytime). We have just been down to the night markets which was really interesting and ate some strange delicacies. Hardly anyone speaks english so communication is interesting - having to resort to sign language which results in some surprises! Everyone gives you tea so we have had about tw...